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22 October 2005 (PR30/05)
Welsh Hockey Union bags Sports
Travel partnership deal
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Welsh Hockey Union
Officials are flying high thanks to securing a brand new four
year partnership deal with Sport Tour and Travel Specialist,
Sport Experiences.
The Welsh Hockey
Union has secured a package that if matched by the Sportsmatch
Business Incentive Scheme will deliver the Union its first
£100000 plus partnership agreement.
The four year deal
provides the Welsh Hockey Union with a £40000 cash contribution,
a range of travel benefits for Welsh Hockey Union’s members and
clubs, an organiser for Welsh Hockey’s team travel and
accommodation arrangements and event organisation support. The
Sponsorship contribution will enable the Union to expand its
highly successful Youth Hockey Activator Programme which
currently provides a three year training programme for 52 young
volunteers. If matched the Sportsmatch contribution will be used
to develop the Welsh Institute of Sport Artificial Pitch as a
‘Home of Hockey’, providing new recreational and competitive
programmes for the sport.
Mike Bull, Chief
Executive of the Welsh Hockey Union, said: “We are extremely
delighted to have secured a partnership deal with Sport
Experiences that will enable the Union to build on the
significant successes achieved in the last couple of years.
Hockey in Wales is a growing sport, our membership has increased
by 89% in the last three years and the performance levels of our
International teams are improving. This deal will not only help
the Union provide the well trained volunteers of the future to
service the increase in demand but will also enable us to expand
into areas of development that we have been previously been
unable to tackle. What is great about this partnership is that
everyone benefits from the member who wants to book a cheap
holiday right up to the elite performer who gets the benefit of
improved team travel and accommodation arrangements”.
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For information regarding the Welsh Hockey Union,
please contact
Mike Bull or
Chris Brewer on 02920 573940
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since.
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